A controversial Robbie Brady penalty after just 12 minutes secured all three points for Hull City at the KC Stadium back in September 2013. The Irish winger picked himself up after Joey O'Brien had been adjudged to have shoved him, to slot the ball past Jussi Jaaskelainen from the penalty spot. James Tomkins came close and Razvan Rat fired over as the Hammers searched in vain for an equaliser.

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• The first-ever meeting between West Ham United and Hull City took place at Anlaby Road on 17 April 1920. Dan Bailey scored the Hammers' goal in a 1-1 Division Two draw played out in front of 8,000 spectators.

• West Ham's biggest home win over Hull City came on 6 October 1990 in a Division Two match. The Hammers ran out 7-1 winners with the goals coming courtesy of Steve Potts, George Parris, Trevor Morley and two each for Jimmy Quinn and Julian Dicks.

• The biggest crowd to ever witness a game between West Ham and Hull at the Boleyn Ground was for a Premier League match on 28 January 2009. Some 34,340 packed in and saw Carlton Cole and David Di Michele score a goal each as the Hammers ran out 2-0 winners.

• West Ham have faced Hull 42 times in their history and have come out victorious on 17 of those occasions. Hull have won eleven meetings and 14 have ended in a stalemate.

• Mark Noble spent three months on loan at Hull between February and May 2006. Noble made five Championship appearances during his loan spell with the Tigers.

• Hull full-back Liam Rosenior is the son of former West Ham striker Leroy Rosenior. Rosenior made 67 appearances for the Hammers, scoring 23 goals.

• Hull have only ever won twice at the Boleyn Ground in 20 visits. Their victories came 56 years apart, with the first in December 1934 and the second in January 1990. Both of the Tigers victories were by the same scoreline, 2-1.

• West Ham and Hull have only ever met once in the League Cup. West Ham won the second-round game 1-0 with Peter Eustace scoring the goal on 9 September 1970.

• Carlton Cole has enjoyed facing Hull, scoring four goals in six appearances against them, including two in the 2-1 final-day Championship win here on 28 April 2012.

• Hull defender Abdoulaye Faye has won promotion from the Championship in each of the last two seasons with West Ham and the Tigers. Faye was originally brought to English football by Sam Allardyce at Bolton Wanderers in 2005.

• Hull defender Paul McShane and West Ham's Joey O'Brien have known each other since childhood, having both grown up Dublin.

• A number of West Ham and Hull players have turned out together for old clubs: Mohamed Diame and Maynor Figueroa (Wigan Athletic), Mark Noble and Alex Bruce (Ipswich Town) and Stewart Downing and Curtis Davies (Aston Villa).

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• Hull defender Abdoulaye Faye has won promotion from the Championship in each of the last two seasons with West Ham and the Tigers. Faye was originally brought to English football by Sam Allardyce at Bolton Wanderers in 2005. He made 29 appearances for the Hammers in 2011/12.

• Dean last refereed the Hammers in a 2-0 away win against Aston Villa with on 8 February 2014.

• In all, he has refereed West Ham 36 times, with the Hammers winning 13, losing eleven and drawing twelve of those matches.

• The 45-year-old began refereeing in 1985, starting out his career in senior football in the Northern Premier League.

• In 2004, Dean took charge of his first international match, a friendly between the Netherlands and Republic of Ireland at Amsterdam ArenA. That same year, he took control of the FA Community Shield between Arsenal and Manchester United.

• In May 2006, he refereed the Championship play-off final between Leeds United and Watford at the Millennium Stadium. In 2008, he was the man-in-the-middle for the FA Cup final between Portsmouth and Cardiff City at Wembley Stadium.

• Dean will be assisted by Scott Ledger and Simon Beck, while the fourth official will be Neil Swarbrick.

General information

• Tickets for the match are still available, details can be found on our ticket pagehere.

• The weather forecast for Wednesday night is cloudy with temperatures around 5C (41F).

• If you are commuting to the Boleyn Ground by tube on Wednesday night, you can view live travel updates here.

• If travelling to the match via Greater Anglia train service, you can click here to view travel information.